New Testament in a Year

9 Truth I say in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit,

² that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart --

³ for I was wishing, I myself, to be anathema from the Christ -- for my brethren, my kindred, according to the flesh,

⁴ who are Israelites, whose [is] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, and the promises,

⁵ whose [are] the fathers, and of whom [is] the Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed to the ages. Amen.

⁶ And it is not possible that the word of God hath failed; for not all who [are] of Israel are these Israel;

⁷ nor because they are seed of Abraham [are] all children, but -- `in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

⁸ that is, the children of the flesh -- these [are] not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;

⁹ for the word of promise [is] this; `According to this time I will come, and there shall be to Sarah a son.'

¹⁰ And not only [so], but also Rebecca, having conceived by one -- Isaac our father --

¹¹ (for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her --

¹² `The greater shall serve the less;'

¹³ according as it hath been written, `Jacob I did love, and Esau I did hate.'

¹⁴ What, then, shall we say? unrighteousness [is] with God? let it not be!

¹⁵ for to Moses He saith, `I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion;'